Consciousness conceives of itself as a subtle object towards which it
can turn. It does not yet know that it is already the attention that it
is trying to give itself.
It does not yet see clearly that attention divested of an object is
already Consciousness, Presence, itself. So it plays a trick on itself. It
searches for itself.
Consciousness never finds itself in this way because it is, without
knowing it, already itself.
However, in attempting the impossible task of using mind to look
towards that which is not an object, Consciousness is somehow
undermining its habit of looking ‘outside’ and ‘elsewhere.’
The mind dissolves when it tries to see or touch that objectless place.
The search collapses. It is undermined rather than fulfilled.
p 141
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